Volleyball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

6th Volleyball Olympic Tournament Los Angeles 1984

Tournament details
Olympics	1984 Summer Olympics
Host nation	United States
City	Los Angeles
Duration	July 29 – August 11
Men's teams	10
Men's medals:
Gold medalists	United States
Silver medalists	Brazil
Bronze medalists	Italy
Women's teams	8
Women's medals:
Gold medalists	China
Silver medalists	United States
Bronze medalists	Japan

This page presents the results of male and female volleyball during the Olympic Games of Los Angeles in the summer of 1984. The competition was held in the Long Beach Arena, which had a capacity of 12,033.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	1	1	0	2
2	China	1	0	0	1
3	Brazil	0	1	0	1
4	Italy	0	0	1	1
4	Japan	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's indoor	United States (USA) Douglas Dvorak Dave Saunders Steven Salmons Paul Sunderland Rich Duwelius Steve Timmons Craig Buck Marc Waldie Chris Marlowe Aldis Berzins Patrick Powers Karch Kiraly	Brazil (BRA) Amauri Ribeiro Antônio Carlos Gueiros Ribeiro Bernard Rajzman Bernardo Rocha de Rezende Domingos Lampariello Neto Fernando Roscio de Ávila Marcus Vinícius Simões Freire José Montanaro Junior Renan Dal Zotto Rui Campos do Nascimento William Carvalho da Silva Mário Xandó de Oliveira Neto	Italy (ITA) Franco Bertoli Francesco Dall'Olio Giancarlo Dametto Guido De Luigi Giovanni Errichiello Giovanni Lanfranco Andrea Lucchetta Pier Paolo Lucchetta Marco Negri Piero Rebaudengo Paolo Vecchi Fabio Vullo
Women's indoor	China (CHN) Hou Yuzhu Jiang Ying Lang Ping Li Yanjun Liang Yan Su Huijuan Yang Xiaojun Yang Xilan Zhang Rongfang Zheng Meizhu Zhou Xiaolan Zhu Ling	United States (USA) Jeanne Beauprey Carolyn Becker Linda Chisholm Rita Crockett Laurie Flachmeier Debbie Green Flo Hyman Rose Magers Kimberly Ruddins Julie Vollertsen Paula Weishoff Susan Woodstra	Japan (JPN) Yumi Egami Norie Hiro Miyoko Hirose Kyoko Ishida Yoko Kagabu Yuko Mitsuya Keiko Miyajima Kimie Morita Kumi Nakada Emiko Odaka Sachiko Otani Kayoko Sugiyama

USA won the men's title. Brazil took second. It was Karch Kiraly's first Olympic Gold medal.
China won women's title. USA took second.
Chinese Women Volleyball National Teams finished three-peats (Winners in World Cup 1981, World Volleyball Championships 1982 and Los Angeles Olympic Games 1984).

Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)

Archery Athletics Baseball (demonstration) Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Tennis (demonstration) Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Tournaments

Qualifications

Squads

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